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Roland Siemons                        <home>

 

Biomass Energy Technology Expert & Energy Economist

 

Roland Siemons (1958) studied engineering at the University of Twente (the Netherlands). He obtained his doctoral degree at the Faculty of Economics and Econometrics, University of Amsterdam. He has been working for more than 15 years with the Biomass Technology Group (BTG) on biomass fuelled energy conversion technologies. His activities have included R&D, project appraisal and project implementation, for applications both in Europe and in developing countries.

The foundations of the analysis framework that has been developed in the thesis were laid while working on numerous assignments in SE-Asia and Africa. In these assignments Roland Siemons participated in multi-disciplinary project teams, involving a number of clients: DGIS (Dutch Development Cooperation), EC, FAO, UNIDO, and the World Bank. Further elaboration took place during a sabbatical leave, and was supervised by Prof. dr. C.J. Jepma (University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and Econometrics) and Prof. dr. ir. W.P.M. van Swaaij (University of Twente, Faculty of Chemical Technology).